Publications
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Newsletters: a weekly summary of news about Bitcoin and LN development.
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Blog posts: Occasional updates and reference material from the Optech team.
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Podcast Episodes: Audio discussions of our newsletters.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #389
This week’s newsletter links to a paper on the study of payment channel networks. Also included are our regular sections describing recent updates to services and client software, announcing new releases and release candidates, and summarizing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #388 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Bruno Garcia to discuss Newsletter #388.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #388
This week’s newsletter links to a discussion of incremental mutation testing in Bitcoin Core and announces deployment of a new BIP process. Also included are our regular sections announcing new releases and release candidates, and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #387 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by René Pickhardt and Craig Raw to discuss Newsletter #387.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #387
This week’s newsletter warns of a wallet migration bug in Bitcoin Core, summarizes a post about using the Ark protocol as an LN channel factory, and links to a draft BIP for silent payment descriptors. Also included are our regular sections describing release candidates and notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #386 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Anthony Towns and Mikhail Kudinov to discuss Newsletter #386.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #386
This week’s newsletter summarizes a vault-like scheme using blinded MuSig2 and describes a proposal for Bitcoin clients to announce and negotiate support for new P2P features. Also included are our regular sections describing discussion related to consensus changes, announcing new releases and release candidates, and summarizing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #385 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Bastien Teinturier, Rearden Code, and Pieter Wuille to discuss Newsletter #385: 2025 Year-in-Review Special.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #385: 2025 Year-in-Review Special
The eighth annual Bitcoin Optech Year-in-Review special summarizes notable developments in Bitcoin during all of 2025. -
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #384 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Matt Morehouse and Salvatore Ingala to discuss Newsletter #384.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #384
This week’s newsletter discloses vulnerabilities in LND and describes a project for running a virtual machine in an embedded secure element. Also included are our regular sections describing changes to services and client software, summarizing popular questions and answers of the Bitcoin Stack Exchange, and examining recent changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #383 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Moonsettler and Julian to discuss Newsletter #383.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #383
This week’s newsletter describes a fixed vulnerability affecting the NBitcoin library. Also included are our regular sections summarizing discussion about changing Bitcoin’s consensus rules, announcing new releases and release candidates, and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #382 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt discuss Newsletter #382.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #382
This week’s newsletter provides an update on compact block reconstruction discussions and relays a call to activate BIP3. Also included are our regular sections summarizing top questions and answers from the Bitcoin Stack Exchange, announcing new releases and release candidates, and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #381 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Antoine Poinsot and ZmnSCPxj to discuss Newsletter #381.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #381
This week’s newsletter looks at an analysis of how block propagation times may affect miner revenue and describes a new approach for resolving protocols where multiple parties share funds. Also included are our regular sections describing recent changes to services and client software and summarizing recent merges to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #380 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by TheCharlatan to discuss Newsletter #380.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #380
This week’s newsletter includes our regular sections with announcements of new releases and release candidates, and descriptions of notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #379 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Sebastian Falbesoner, PortlandHODL, Tadge Dryja, and Antoine Poinsot to discuss Newsletter #379.
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